The Age of Darkness Podcast

Saturday, 27 February 2016

Episode 24: Retribution Part 1, Painting Iron Warriors, and Deliverance Lost

Here is the behemoth-length episode 24! In these five hours we begin our painstaking analysis of Horus Heresy Book VI Retribution, touching upon new units, new Rites of War, and the three new Legions contained therein! We then share our thoughts on painting Iron Warriors! Finally we are joined by a very special guest, Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast, to discuss Deliverance Lost by Gav Thorpe! Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Podcast Episode 24

Closing song is "Deliverance" by Carcass

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Sunday, 14 February 2016

Episode 23: HH Weekender, Painting Emperor's Children, and Raven Guard Stories Part 1

In episode 23 of the show we talk about the Horus Heresy Weekender, discuss different ways of approaching the painting of the IIIrd Legion, and begin our analysis of the Raven Guard with Raven's Flight, Face of the Traitor, and Deliverance Lost.

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The Age of Darkness Podcast Episode 23

Closing song is "Vengeance" by Nuclear Assault

Saturday, 30 January 2016

Episode 22: Weathering Techniques, Breaking Down Unit Costs, and Legion Part II: The Cabal

Welcome to Episode 22! Sorry about the small delay, but we are back to hopefully enlighten and entertain! In this one we talk about some simple weathering techniques to breathe life into your models, break down over and under costed units with our special guest Tom, and then delve into the esoteric mysteries of the Cabal in the second part of our discussion of Legion by Dan Abnett!

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The Age of Darkness Podcast Episode 22

Closing song is "The Hydra Coils Upon This Wicked Mountain" by Lair of the Minotaur

Friday, 15 January 2016

Epiosde 21: FAQs, Painting Dark Angels, and Legion Part I

And here comes episode 21! In this one we go through the unexpected FAQ that just dropped by Forge World, before beginning our 18 part series about different techniques for painting the Legions of the Heresy. We then begin a discussion about Legion by Dan Abnett, and end with the Vox Box and Two-Week Hobby Challenge. Cheers!

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Episode 21

00:00 Introduction

7:32 News

1:27:19 Painting Dark Angels

2:07:24 Book Club: Legion by Dan Abnett

3:02:45 Vox-Box

3:26:23 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Legion" by Marduk

Thursday, 31 December 2015

Episode 20: Year and Review, 2016 Hobby Resolutions and Battle for the Abyss!

Happy New Year! In this holiday episode of the podcast we present the ten(-ish) biggest 30k news items of 2015 and then discuss ours and our listeners' 2016 hobby goals. We then finally fulfill our promise of talking about Battle for the Abyss by Ben Counter and turn it into a drinking game with predictable results.... We hope you enjoy it!

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Episode 20

00:00 Introduction

8:30 News

28:58 2015 Year in Review

1:39:20 2016 Hobby Resolutions

2:05:11 Book Club: Battle for the Abyss

3:34:47 Vox-Box

4:10:50 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Tapper du pied" by B.A.R.F.

Saturday, 19 December 2015

Episode 19: Victory is Vengeance, Chaos, and Vengeful Spirit Part III

In this episode we finally have a discussion about the Victory is Vengeance / Tactical Strike rules from Book III, examining some of the problems that need to be addressed if one wants to run a campaign. We then address some of the many comments we received regarding our argument about the nature of Chaos, before concluding our analysis of Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill.

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The Age of Darkness Episode 19

00:00 Introduction

17:14 News

41:51 Victory is Vengeance

1:31:14 Book Club: Vengeful Spirit Part III

2:36:46 Vox-Box

3:03:10 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Anal-Team" by Necrass

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Saturday, 5 December 2015

Episode 18: Garro, Washes and Filters, and Vengeful Spirit Part II

In Episode 18 of the Age of Darkness Podcast, we talk about the newly released Nathaniel Garro, delve into how washes and filters work, and then pick up our discussion of the novel Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill, where our our analysis of Horus' adventures in the Realm of Chaos turns into a rather heated argument over the very nature of the Ruinious Powers.

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The Age of Darkness Episode 18

00:00 Introduction

02:35 News

27:30 Washes and Filters

58:43 Book Club: Vengeful Spirit Part II

1:55:55 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Chief Rebel Angel" by Entombed off "Morning Star"